1897

The MAGAZINE is short for space this issue, and I am just announcing a new approach to news from our classmates by the use of round-robin letters. Gibson has sent me letters and cards from Ward, Temple, Balch, Watson,Holt, Tuttle, Johnson, Noyes, Rowe and himself.

These letters are so revealing of the earnestness and wit of our classmates that only the briefest reference will be made, with a promise of fuller compilation later.

Balch puts in two or three postcard-size notes a discussion of construction work costing many millions of dollars built under his guidance in the tropics; also the varieties of rum he has known and again the specifications of concrete seats in the Harvard Stadium - "quite a pen swipe."

I want you to have all of these letters undiluted later. Ward in several letters in the round-robin has covered his travels from New England to California by several routes; also river "unpollution" activities and needs.

All of these letters of recent date have thanked Gibson for his gift of the charming little book, The Hunters.

I am convinced that the round-robin is a natural, and with this brief note about these letters, I will ask you all to look forward to more gleanings from them in the MAGAZINE at a later date. The account of the recent ones to date is ten. Let's have more!

Secretary, Treasurer and BequestChairman, 114 State St., Bridgeport 3, Conn.